Alexey Oleynik Booked Against Ilir Latifi at UFC on ESPN 33 in March

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With this fight, Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight
Alexey
Oleynik will hope to end a losing streak while recording the
60th win of his career.

On previous events, Oleynik (59-16-1) was booked against Greg Hardy,
while Ilir Latifi
(15-8, 1 NC) was expected to take on Alexander
Romanov. Hardy withdrew from the match due to a finger injury,
while Romanov pulled out from his fight for currently undisclosed
reasons. Instead of preserving the matchups, the promotion pushed
the fights back and booked Oleynik against Latifi at UFC
on ESPN 33 on March 26 in Columbus, Ohio. The news first broke
from
BJPenn.com on Friday, and both
heavyweights
subsequently
confirmed the new billing on social media.

Oleynik has not gotten his hand raised since a close split decision
win over Fabricio
Werdum in May 2020. A trio of defeats, including a pair of
knockouts to Derrick
Lewis and Chris
Daukaus, as well as a slow decision setback to Sergey
Spivak, has placed the Russian on the longest losing stretch of
his storied career. “The Boa Constrictor” first competed in the
sport in 1996, and he has amassed 46 wins by submission as a pro
over the years. Should he pull off win number 60, Oleynik will
reach a distinction achieved by less than a dozen fighters in MMA
history.

“The Sledgehammer” Latifi put an end to his own three-fight rough
patch by taking a split decision over Tanner
Boser in June 2021. The former light heavyweight contender
moved back up to the highest weight category in 2020, and he fell
short to Lewis by decision. The Swede posts a far lower finish rate
than his opponent, with 67% of his wins ending inside the distance
compared to Oleynik’s 92%. However, the Allstars Training Center
product has never been submitted.

UFC Columbus, also known as UFC on ESPN 33, will take place inside
the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on March 26. There is no
current headliner as the previous match of Jan
Blachowicz vs. Aleksandar
Rakic fell through. Key bouts on the card do include a
potential flyweight title eliminator between Kai Kara
France and Askar
Askarov, a welterweight banger between hometown fighter
Matt
Brown and Bryan
Barberena, and a women’s strawweight tilt pitting Amanda
Ribas against Michelle
Waterson.

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